The Dallas City Council voted 11-0 this morning to rename the downtown convention center in honor of former senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Council members praised Hutchison for her years of service to the city and the state, pointing to her work on funding DART, pushing through the repeal of the Wright Amendment and providing for flood control among other things.

"This is the first major convention center in the country to be named after a woman," said Mayor Mike Rawlings.